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LVSA NEWS Mollie Nye House 940 Lynn Valley Road North Vancouver, BC V7J 1Z7 604-987-5820 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lvsa.ca November – December 2018 Issue Inside this issue: CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON for LVSA MEMBERS Page 2 - Message from the Board Page 3 – November Hearty Lunch PLACE: CARDINAL HALL, 3590 Mountain Highway and Speaker (close to Lynn Valley School) at the corner of Page 5 – Bus Trips Page 6 - Christmas Luncheon Mountain Highway and Frederick Road Page 11 – LVSS News Transportation can be arranged. DATE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2018 Mollie Nye House DOORS OPEN: 12:00 NOON closed on November 12, 2018 for Remembrance Day Holiday COST: $23 includes The House closes at 4 pm on Thursday, December 20 FULLY CATERED CHRISTMAS LUNCH EON MENU and re-opens at 10 am and ENTERTAINMENT by the Parkgate Singers on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 for Christmas holidays Deadline for sign -up: Thursday, November 29 Message From The Board Back Row Left to Right: Dee Walker, Joanne Peterson, Jean Deane, Lorraine Campbell, Margaret Ballantine Front Row Left to Right: Georgina Duplissie, Carol Thompson, Jackie Hay, Susan Befus Fall is upon us – and that means flu season. This is just a reminder that the best way to stop the spread of infection is through careful and frequent hand washing using soap and warm water or applying foaming Microsan. You will find two dispensers within Mollie Nye House . one in the activity room and the other in the receptionist area. In the spirit of giving, LVSA is collecting items for the North Shore Youth Shelter run by Hollyburn Family Services. We will be collecting “NEW ITEMS” (male & female) during the month of November such as socks, toques, scarves, pajamas, underwear, as well as personal hygiene products, e.g. toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, floss, comb. These items can be deposited in the container near the reception desk, unwrapped, at Mollie Nye House, (Look for the big red sock). A volunteer will deliver these items on Dec 3rd to the Hollyburn Family Services offices on Esplanade in North Vancouver. Daylight Savings ends on Sunday, Nov. 4th. Do not forget to turn your clocks back one hour when retiring the night before, reclaiming the hour you lost in the spring. Nov. 11th Remembrance Day Service in Lynn Valley will be held at the Veterans Plaza at 11 am sharp. See you there. Veterans Plaza is located at the south end of Lynn Valley Park tucked between the Archives building and the Lynn Valley pre-school building. LVSA will be placing a wreath again this year. On Oct. 26th, Trivia Night was well attended and thanks again to Stephanie Varju & Janet Dysart for doing a great job organizing the trivia. Kudos to the committee members who made it a fun evening for all the attendees. Thanks to Van Pet of Lynn Valley Town Centre and Westlynn Meats of Lynn Valley Centre for their generous donations of door prizes. This year, due to a price increase from the catering company, The Banqueting Table, the cost for the delicious Christmas meal and entertainment by the Parkgate Singers will be $23. Starting January 2019 the cost for our monthly hearty lunch will be $13. Some good news for you! The 2019 LVSA membership fee will remain at $20. If you are aware of an LVSA member who is ill or hospitalized or who has lost a loved one, please let us know. If you are aware of an LVSA member who is ill or hospitalized or who has lost a loved one, please let us know. One of our volunteers is willing to write and send cards of cheer or condolences. However, cards cannot be sent out One of our volunteers is willing to write and send cards of cheer or condolences. However, cards cannot be sent out unless we hear from you. Please email [email protected] or call 604-987-5820 and leave a message for Jackie. unless we hear from you. Please email [email protected] or call 604-987-5820 and leave a message for Jackie. HEARTY LUNCH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Catered by The Banqueting Table – Chili, Garlic Bread, Salad and Dessert Cost: $10 for ALL Attendees Deadline for sign up MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Speaker: Kevin Vallely – Rowing the Northwest Passage For those LVSA members who have attended the first two speaker events, the chance to learn more about the issues facing our world today is an opportunity not to miss. The LVSA would like to thank Janet Dysart who has been instrumental in securing first-rate speakers to deliver the latest information on the impact of climate change—an issue of great concern affecting the sustainability of our planet. Pictured at right is Janet with guest speaker Deborah Kennedy of The Nature Trust of BC. It is not too late to join us at the upcoming Hearty Lunches in November and January 2019 when we present the third and fourth speakers in the series, “Impacts of Climate Change”. See next page for details. You will not be disappointed! Impacts of Climate Change” Speaker Series 2018/2019 Friday, September 14 – Deborah Kennedy Nature Trust BC – Conservation and Climate Change Friday, October 12 – Glen Parker NS Streamkeeper – Climate Change Challenges to Streams Friday, November 9 – Kevin Vallely Explorer and Adventurer – Rowing the Northwest Passage Friday, January 11, 2019 – Speaker TBA – Impacts to our Forests – Drought, Cold and Fire September 2018 - Deborah Kennedy is Development and Communications Manager for Nature Trust BC. This organization, part of the larger Nature Trust Canada, is dedicated to conserving BC’s biological diversity through securement and management of ecologically significant lands. It is the oldest and largest provincial land trust in BC. They acquire ecologically significant land usually through purchase or donation, then care for this land in order to protect nature with its diversity of wildlife and plants and their critical habitats. The Nature Trust of British Columbia was established in 1971 with a $4.5 million grant from the Federal Government in honour of BC’s Centennial. Since then, the brightest minds in conservation science and business have built The Nature Trust. October 2018 - Glen Parker is Treasurer for North Shore Streamkeepers and comes from a career as an engineer in the petroleum industry. His global work has made him acutely aware of how humans have impacted the world, and how we have an urgent need to face climate change with knowledge and proper management. Working in and around our local streams in our neighbourhoods, we can assist the fish population to thrive. A recent off-channel at Lynn Creek, just above the new Highway Interchange, will provide a resting area for salmon during the high season of low water flow and also during the high flows. This project was the product of neighbours, both industrial and the Port of Vancouver, coming together with conservationists such as the North Shore Streamkeepers. November 2018 - Kevin Vallely is a man of adventure and discovery, as well as a Lynn Valley resident. His career as an architect gives him the freedom to travel and to witness the issues facing the ecological world. His adventure resume is stacked with compelling expeditions to all parts of the world including skiing Alaska’s 1,860-kilometre Iditarod Trail and scampering over Vancouver Island’s West Coast Trail in record time (10 hours, 13 minutes). In this gripping first-hand account, we will hear how four seasoned adventurers navigated a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the “last firsts” remaining in the adventure world, this journey was only possible because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic, which provide an ironic opportunity to draw attention to the growing urgency of climate change. January 2019 – TBA - We will have a speaker with forestry knowledge to show us why our forests are burning, why cedars are dying, why we should worry about interface wildfires--the impacts of drought, cold and fire. LVSA BUS TRIPS NOVEMBER, DECEMBER & JANUARY 2019 Please note that the details for the following bus trips can be obtained on-line, picked up at Mollie Nye House, or you can phone 604-987-5820. Each bus trip has a deadline for registering. If there aren’t enough registered by that date, the trip could be cancelled. Be sure to add your name to the waiting list of a sold out trip. Cancellations do happen. Sales of these trips begin at 10:00 am Thursday, November 8, 2018. PLEASE NOTE: Please limit your use of scented products like hairsprays and perfumes when going on bus trips. Some people can be very sensitive to these scents, especially in enclosed spaces. We very much appreciate your consideration. Tsawwassen Mills Mall Thursday, November 15 Cost: Members $21; Non-members $31 Register by November 5 Westcoast Christmas Show Sunday, November 16 Cost: Members $31; Non-members $41 Register by November 9 Titanic Exhibit Thursday, November 22 Cost: Members $44; Non-members $54 Register by November 13 Loafing Shed Glass Studio Sunday, November 25 Cost: Members $24; Non-members $34 Register by November 16 Christmas in the Country with Enjoy Tours Wednesday, December 12 Cost: Members $99; Non-members $109 Register by November 28 Christmas Lights Tour Monday, December 17 Cost: Members $22; Non-members $32 Register by December 3 Elements Casino Friday, January 18 Cost: Members $21; Non-members $31 Register by January 7 Museum of Vancouver Monday, January 28 Cost: Members $30; Non-members $40 Register by January 15 The Mollie Nye House volunteers, who crochet, knit, and sew, contribute to both local and global charities.